1,000 Sex Offenders Found Working In Central Florida's Service Industry

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:22 AM EST

Article Source: local6.com

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....The Florida Department of Law Enforcement Web site offers the names and addresses of sexual predators and offenders living in the state. But where they work is not listed.

Through a special request for job titles, Local 6 was able to find the employment of hundreds of offenders who held jobs that could bring them into your home, like plumbers, electricians and even locksmiths.

The investigation found that of the 2, 080 registered sex offenders and predators in Orange County, 673 of them have job titles that could take them to private homes and yards....

The report featured a convicted rapist who is also a plumber who makes house calls in Winter Park.

Some Central Florida employers don't know they have hired convicted criminals but sometimes they are aware of their hires...

A Central Florida employer named Jay said he knew his new employee had some kind of previous sexual offense and that is why he never sends him out on a call alone.

"I believe everybody deserves a second chance," Jay said. "If we don't give them jobs if we don't give them an opportunity to rebound from a mistake, then I think we are just as bad as they are."....

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newsguru

"I believe everybody deserves a second chance," Jay said. "If we don't give them jobs if we don't give them an opportunity to rebound from a mistake, then I think we are just as bad as they are.".

While I disagree with the part about us being just as a bad as they are, I do believe everyone deserves a second chance, even for the worst of crimes.

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#1 - Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:09 AM EST

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Teri Johannes

Certainly everyone deserves a second chance from a past mistake. As the mother of two young children, I would not want a sex offender working in the service industry entering my home, without being made aware of his record. If there are multiple sex offenses; then absolutely NOT. Once MAY be a mistake; more than once, I consider this person to be a habitual offender who has no business entering homes where there may or may not be children present.

On second thought, if the offense was anything remotely close to rape or child molestation, they do not deserve an opportunity to commit ANOTHER offense. Thus should not be allowed to work in a position that brings them into private homes.

I understand that something as benign as mooning the public (as a joke, as young teens are wont to do) or exposing themselves in public falls under the sex offender category. As does statutory rape, where the young man may be 18 and his girlfriend 15 or 16. I could see where a case could be made for these offenders to deserve a second chance. But rapists and child molesters; NO WAY.

Allowing offenders a second chance in life, does not mean allowing them another opportunity to re-offend. Finding a working position that does not put them in close proximity to children or women is an alternative. A second chance does not mean not using common sense, where sex offenders are concerned.

If this was discovered in my Community, I would be outraged.

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#2 - Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:24 PM EST

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newsguru

I will agree and say they should be kept away from working anywhere near children. No opportunity, no chance. Better learn ditch digging in Alaska.

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#2.1 - Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:14 PM EST

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Jared Kardos

I would limit it to jobs where they don't go into people's houses, but otherwise I can understand what they're trying to do.

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#3 - Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:23 PM EST

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